Snowkite - Worldcup from Jan 29th -31st in Reschensee/ Italy. The bestSnowkiters around the World meet at the spectacular location of Reschensee.They battle the Worldchampion title in freestyle/Park and Race.

Following the International German Championship with participants from allover the world since 2008 the time came to announce the Event as a SnowkiteWorld Cup. Pascal Matzke Event coordinator of the venue says: "the frozenLake Reschensee is well established in the Snowkite Community and has highreputation for granting powder snow and wind. Those are the two key for asuccessful event and thus the reason why we decided to organize the SnowkiteWorld cup 2010 in Reschensee / Süd Tirol."

The organizers are awaiting athletes from Austria, Germany ,Czech Republic,France, Russia and Scandinavia. At the three competition days the athletesfrom around the globe take their journeys towards the beautiful landscapewith the sunk church. The little village offers all opportunities forspectators to follow the sport and enjoy some hot drinks.

The sport of snowkiting is similar to Kiteboarding; the main difference isthat the Snowkiter uses Snowboards or Ski instead a kiteboard. The SnowkiteWorldcup has two Disciplines Freestyle/ Park and Race. At the race theathletes perform a triangle course similar to sailing. Speed and tacticsdecide who finishes first. Good conditions provide maximum speeds up to 100km/h. At the Freestyle/Park competition the rider perform high jumps withrotations. Also so called kickers and rails can be used to perform similartricks like in skateboarding.

The titles will be give after three days of tough competitions and hotparties. The titles will be given for the six categories Female/male andFreestyle-Park/ Race as well as Ski and Snowboard.

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